The role of awareness in Pavlovian conditioning: Empirical evidence and theoretical implications

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-26

  Lovibond, Peter F ^a   Shanks, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLINKING; CONDITIONED REFLEX; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AWARENESS; BLINKING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036362251     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.28.1.3     Document Type: Review

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